health, there is more inequality in the world than if we consider income alone. Such international inequalities in life … hope that economic growth will improve people's health as well as their material living conditions. I argue that the … poverty reduction, there is no evidence that it will deliver automatic health improvements in the absence of appropriate …

I explore the connection between income inequality and health in both poor and rich countries. I discuss a range of … deprivation. I review the evidence on the effects of income inequality on the rate of decline of mortality over time, on … geographical pattens of mortality, and on individual-level mortality. Much of the literature needs to be treated skeptically, if …

populations above mortality-minimizing bodyweight is not clearly greater in countries with higher overweight and obesity rates (as …

relationships between schooling and these health-related behaviors are sensitive to controlling for family background measures and … being overweight or obese for either men or women. The results also suggest that the health returns to GED receipt are much …

paper I employ the First, Second, and Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys to estimate a structural model …